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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance Counties

Skin Cancer Prevention

When you are outdoors during the summer for at least half an hour, how often do you stay in the shade?

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  Total
Respond.^
Always Nearly always Sometimes Seldom Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,297 2,482 15.8 15.1-16.5 3,766 25.4 24.5-26.3 5,450 39.9 38.8-40.9 1,534 11.3 10.7-12.0 1,065 7.6 7.1- 8.2
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 381 80 19.4 15.4-24.1 97 23.4 19.0-28.4 130 35.3 30.1-40.8 53 15.0 11.3-19.5 21 7.0 4.4-11.0
GENDER
Male 129 20 14.1 8.9-21.5 21 17.1 11.1-25.5 47 35.7 27.5-44.8 28 21.0 14.6-29.3 13 12.1 6.8-20.4
Female 252 60 23.6 18.2-29.9 76 28.3 22.5-34.9 83 35.0 28.7-41.8 25 10.2 6.6-15.5 8 3.0 1.4- 6.1
RACE
White 237 33 12.4 8.6-17.5 59 21.6 16.5-27.8 90 41.0 34.2-48.2 42 18.7 13.7-25.0 13 6.3 3.5-11.0
Other 143 47 30.0 22.5-38.8 37 25.3 18.0-34.3 40 27.0 19.9-35.6 11 9.6 5.3-16.8 8 8.1 3.8-16.5
AGE
18-44 151 28 18.1 12.3-25.8 30 18.6 12.7-26.3 63 40.4 32.2-49.1 23 17.9 12.0-25.9 7 5.1 2.2-11.2
45+ 227 51 20.4 15.3-26.6 66 27.3 21.2-34.3 66 30.9 24.6-37.9 30 12.7 8.7-18.3 14 8.7 4.9-14.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 213 46 20.1 14.9-26.6 54 22.7 17.1-29.5 70 34.0 27.3-41.4 28 14.4 9.8-20.5 15 8.9 5.2-14.8
Some College + 168 34 18.4 13.0-25.4 43 24.3 17.7-32.3 60 37.1 29.4-45.5 25 15.8 10.4-23.3 6 4.4 1.7-11.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 218 44 18.8 13.8-25.1 55 20.8 15.8-27.0 79 38.7 31.7-46.3 28 14.1 9.6-20.2 12 7.6 4.0-13.8
$50,000+ 81 9 9.2 4.7-17.5 17 22.3 13.7-34.2 37 44.5 33.4-56.2 15 20.2 12.1-31.8 3 3.8 1.1-12.4

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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